Senate Session
The Senate confirmed Ann Marie McIff Allen’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Utah. Members also approved a joint resolution of disapproval to block a Federal Highway Adminis…
View in Congressional Chronicle845 viewsThe Senate confirmed Ann Marie McIff Allen’s nomination to be a U.S. District Court judge for Utah. Members also approved a joint resolution of disapproval to block a Federal Highway Adminis…
View in Congressional Chronicle845 views“I think Speaker Johnson, on the one hand, is in a very difficult position. He’s got these 30 hard right MAGA Republicans who want the government to shut down, who just want to be destructiv…
266 viewsDuring the early morning hours, the Senate passed (70-29) legislation providing $95.3 billion in foreign aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine. In the final hours of debate, a group of Republic…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,155 viewsFollowing leadership remarks on the death of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who passed away the previous evening, lawmakers continued working on legislation to extend funding through Novem…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,528 viewsThe Senate continued work on its version of the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. Armed Services Committee Jack Reed (D-RI) and other Democrats came to the floor to condem…
View in Congressional Chronicle878 viewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and several women Democratic senators spoke to reporters at the one-year mark of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decisio…
351 viewsThe Senate voted 67-28 to officially begin debate on a bill to repeal the 1991 and 2002 authorizations for use of military force (AUMF) against Iraq.
View in Congressional Chronicle641 viewsIn an 81-14 vote, the Senate approved a House-passed resolution repealing a District of Columbia law reducing penalties for certain crimes, including carjackings, burglaries, and robberies. …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,709 viewsVice President Kamala Harris held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected and re-elected senators. The event happens at the start of each Congress in the Old Senate Chamber. The…
5,302 viewsThe Senate voted to begin debate a $1.7 trillion spending package for fiscal year 2023, as government funding was set to run out on Friday, December 23. Members also confirmed the nomination…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,128 viewsThe Senate approved the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democratic bill on tax policy, health care, and climate change. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris presiding to break …
View in Congressional Chronicle14,763 viewsThe Senate confirmed three nominations: Chavonda Jacobs-Young, undersecretary of agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics; Kenneth Wainstein, Department of Homeland Security unders…
View in Congressional Chronicle521 viewsIn a 49-51 vote, the Senate blocked consideration of a bill to protect a woman’s right to have an abortion. Sixty votes were needed to begin debate and amend the bill. All Republicans voted …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,970 viewsThe Senate worked on instructions for negotiations between the House and Senate on a science and technology research bill. Both chambers have already passed separate versions of the legislat…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,454 viewsWith Vice President Kamala Harris presiding over the final 53-47 vote, the Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, making her the 116th justice and th…
View in Congressional Chronicle10,817 viewsThe Senate confirmed several nominations, including Victoria Calvert, U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Georgia, and Ruth Bermudez Montenegro, U.S. district judge for the Sout…
View in Congressional Chronicle674 viewsA bipartisan group of senators led by Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) held a news conference on Senate approval of a $107 billion House-passed bill to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service.
287 viewsBy a 49-51 margin, the Senate blocked the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 from advancing to a final passage vote. Sixty votes were needed. No Republicans voted for the le…
View in Congressional Chronicle12,990 viewsThe Senate voted to discharge from committee Holly Thomas' judicial nomination to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Members also confirmed three nominations: Nicholas Burns to be U.S.…
View in Congressional Chronicle801 viewsThe Senate approved the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The final vote was 88-11. Members also confirmed several judicial nominations, including Jennifer Sung to the …
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